Present simple

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PRESENT
SIMPLE

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PONGPON
SUKAPHATANA

Present simple's theory

Level: Beginner
The present tense is the base form of
the verb.

Example
I work in London.

But with the third person singular
(he / she / it), we add an –s:

She works in London.

Present simple's theory

Present simple questions
Look at these questions:

Do you play the piano?

Where do you live?

Does Jack play football?

We use do and does to make
questions with the present simple.

We use does for the third person
singular (she / he / it) and do for the
others.

Present simple's theory

We use do and does with question
words like where, what and when:

Where do Angela and Rita live?
What does Angela do?
When does Rita usually get up?

But questions with who often don’t use
do or does:

Who lives in London?
Who plays football at the weekend?
Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

Present simple's theory

Look at these sentences:

I like tennis but I don’t like football.
(don’t = do not)

They don’t work at the weekend.

John doesn’t live in Manchester.
(doesn’t = does not)

Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus.

We use do and does to make negatives
with the present simple. We use doesn’t
for the third person singular (she / he
/ it) and don’t for the others.

Exercise

1. My sister ………… (read reads) a book.
2. Frank ………… (like likes) dogs.
3. My parents ………… (do does) the
shopping.
4. ………… He in a big house. (do does)
5. ………… Girls stand up. (do does)
6. ………… We like to go to shopping. (do
does)
7. They ………… walk to school. (don’t
doesn’t)
8. Jim ………… eats an orange. (don’t
doesn’t)
9. My sister ………… listens to her new CD.
(don’t doesn’t)

Reference

The United Kingdom's international
organisation for cultural relations and
educationa, (n.d.). present simple.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en
glish-grammar-reference/present-simple

Herwig Rothländer, e.U. (n.d.). Present
Simple Questions. https://www.english-
4u.de/en/grammar/present-simple.htm